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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK J. W. FISCHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE EAGLEPENCIL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,143, dated November29, 1892.

Application filed October 6, 1892. Serial No. 448,022. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. W.

FISCHER, of New York city, New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Pens, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to that kind of pen which on its under side isprovided with an ink-holding pocket or reservoir; and it consists in acertain novel construction of parts for this purpose. Under my inventionthe pocket is formed by a cross-piece or darn connected tothe pen byside strips or legs which are integral with the ,body of the pen. These[5 side strips start from the side edges of the pen some distance inrear of the nib and are bent down and back so as to bringthe crosspieceor dam carried by them underneath the pen and in a position where it mayform, in

conjunction with the body of the pen, a pocket or reservoir which willhold and retain quite a large supply of ink. One advantage of thisconstruction is that the pocket can be produced easily, cheaply, andwith very little material in addition to that required for the body ofthe pen, the legs or side strips being formed from material whichusually and in the manufacture of ordinary pens from sheet metal is merewaste.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a penembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal central section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a plan of a partially-completed pen-blank after the bodyof the pen has been struck up and before the parts which form theink-pocket have been bent down and back into place.

My invention can be applied with facility to all styles and sizes ofpens. I have shown it in connection with a pen of the well-known Falcontype.

The body A of the pen is of ordinary or suitable shape and construction.Starting from the side edges of the pen, a proper distance back of thenib or pen-point, are the side strips or legs a, which at their ends areconnected by a cross-piece or dam b, which preferably has given to itthe dished or concave form shown in the drawings, so that when the legsare bent down and back under the pen it will form a pocket to hold theink. The size ofthe opening or passage 0 at the rear between the dam andthe body of the pen will determine the freedom of delivery of the inkfrom the pocket to the nib or point of the pen for writing purposes. Thelegs a and cross-piece or dam b are integral with the body of the penand can readily be struck up from the sheet-metal blank at the same timewith the pen itself, as indicated in Fig. 3, all that remains to doafter getting the parts into this condition being to bend the legs downand back to the position indicated in the other figures. By thisconstruction I produce a cheap and very efficient reservoirpen with theaid of very little material over and above that required in themanufacture of the pen itself. The legs a are formed from that part ofthe blank which in the manufacture of the same pen Without the pocketwould be Waste, so that really the only additional material in thesheet-metal blank is the inconsiderable bit which is required for thecross-piece or dam b.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A pen of otherwise ordinary or suitable construction, having on itsunder side the cross-piece or dam I), connected to the body of the penby side legs 0L, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK J. W. FISCHER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL KRAUS, PERCY H. BUCKMASTER.

